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Professor Sacha Garben is a Permanent Professor of EU Law at the Department of European Legal Studies, College of Europe. She holds a concurrent role as a legal officer at the European Commission (DG EMPL) and serves as a replacement Judge at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.
- PhD, European University Institute (2010), winner of the Jacqueline Suter Prize (2009–2011)
- Alumna, College of Europe (2005–2006)
Her research focuses on EU constitutional law, competence distribution, fundamental rights, social policy, and the platform economy. She has authored a forthcoming monograph The Competence Question in the (Con)Federal European Union (Oxford University Press, 2025) and co-edited works on topics like EU social rights and Brexit impacts.
Key trends in her recent publications include analyzing EU legal frameworks for climate policy, minimum wage directives, and post-Brexit cooperation, alongside contributions to the European Law Review and Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies. She explores competence creep, judicial activism, and the balance between market and social policy in EU law.
- Scientific Awards
- Jacqueline Suter Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis in European Law (2009–2011)
Professor Garben has guest-lectured at institutions like the University of Oxford, Harvard University, and the London School of Economics. She co-edits the OUP Online Encyclopedia of EU Law and the European Law Review (Analysis and Reflections section).
Her work intersects EU constitutionalism, social rights, and regulatory challenges in the platform economy, with ongoing research on the European Pillar of Social Rights and its implications for EU integration.
